Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini was born on June 18, 1952 in Rome, Italy. She is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model.

Rossellini made her cinematic debut in 1979 in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Il Prato. Her American film debut was opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines in Taylor Hackford's White Knights. In 1986, she starred opposite Dennis Hopper as Dorothy Vallens, the tortured lounge singer, in David Lynch's haunting and controversial Blue Velvet.

She starred in The Feast of the Goat, Luis Llosa's screen adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa's novel. In 2003, Rossellini starred in Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music In the World, an eccentric tale about a Depression-era contest to find the world's saddest music. She also starred in Dylan Kidd's critically acclaimed film, Roger Dodger opposite Campbell Scott. The previous year, she appeared in Empire, alongside John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard.

Her other film credits include Cousins, Zelly and Me, Wild at Heart, Death Becomes Her, Fearless, Wyatt Earp, Big Night, The Imposters and The Funeral, The Architect and Infamous.

Isabella Rossellini has a daughter and an adopted son.